Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
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Resumo: | A search for the decay to a pair of new particles of either the 125 GeV Higgs boson (h) or a second CP-even Higgs boson (H) is presented. The dataset correspods to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. The search was done in the context of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model, in which the new particles are the lightest neutral pseudoscalar Higgs bosons (a). One of the two a bosons is required to decay to two muons while the other is required to decay to two τ-leptons. No significant excess is observed above the expected backgrounds in the dimuon invariant mass range from 3.7 GeV to 50 GeV. Upper limits are placed on the production of h→aa relative to the Standard Model gg→h production, assuming no coupling of the a boson to quarks. The most stringent limit is placed at 3.5% for ma= 3.75 GeV. Upper limits are also placed on the production cross section of H→aa from 2.33 pb to 0.72 pb, for fixed ma = 5 GeV with mH ranging from 100 GeV to 500 GeV. |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experimentHiggs physicsExperimental resultsCiências Naturais::Ciências FísicasScience & TechnologyA search for the decay to a pair of new particles of either the 125 GeV Higgs boson (h) or a second CP-even Higgs boson (H) is presented. The dataset correspods to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. The search was done in the context of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model, in which the new particles are the lightest neutral pseudoscalar Higgs bosons (a). One of the two a bosons is required to decay to two muons while the other is required to decay to two τ-leptons. No significant excess is observed above the expected backgrounds in the dimuon invariant mass range from 3.7 GeV to 50 GeV. Upper limits are placed on the production of h→aa relative to the Standard Model gg→h production, assuming no coupling of the a boson to quarks. The most stringent limit is placed at 3.5% for ma= 3.75 GeV. Upper limits are also placed on the production cross section of H→aa from 2.33 pb to 0.72 pb, for fixed ma = 5 GeV with mH ranging from 100 GeV to 500 GeV.We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET, ERC and NSRF, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNSF, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT and NSRF, Greece; RGC, Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, I-CORE and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; BRF and RCN, Norway; MNiSW and NCN, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MES of Russia and NRC KI, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MIZS, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MINECO, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; and the DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (United Kingdom) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.American Physical SocietyUniversidade do MinhoOnofre, A.Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva FernandesATLAS Collaboration20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/39928engAad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., . . . Collaboration, A. (2015). Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the mu mu tau tau final state in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment. Physical Review D, 92(5). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.0520021550-79981550-236810.1103/PhysRevD.92.052002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:14:41Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/39928Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:07:00.719914Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment Onofre, A. Higgs physics Experimental results Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
title_full |
Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the μμττ final state in pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment |
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Onofre, A. |
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Onofre, A. Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes ATLAS Collaboration |
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Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes ATLAS Collaboration |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Onofre, A. Castro, Nuno Filipe Silva Fernandes ATLAS Collaboration |
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Higgs physics Experimental results Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
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Higgs physics Experimental results Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Science & Technology |
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A search for the decay to a pair of new particles of either the 125 GeV Higgs boson (h) or a second CP-even Higgs boson (H) is presented. The dataset correspods to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 of pp collisions at s√= 8 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2012. The search was done in the context of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model, in which the new particles are the lightest neutral pseudoscalar Higgs bosons (a). One of the two a bosons is required to decay to two muons while the other is required to decay to two τ-leptons. No significant excess is observed above the expected backgrounds in the dimuon invariant mass range from 3.7 GeV to 50 GeV. Upper limits are placed on the production of h→aa relative to the Standard Model gg→h production, assuming no coupling of the a boson to quarks. The most stringent limit is placed at 3.5% for ma= 3.75 GeV. Upper limits are also placed on the production cross section of H→aa from 2.33 pb to 0.72 pb, for fixed ma = 5 GeV with mH ranging from 100 GeV to 500 GeV. |
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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., . . . Collaboration, A. (2015). Search for Higgs bosons decaying to aa in the mu mu tau tau final state in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment. Physical Review D, 92(5). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.052002 1550-7998 1550-2368 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.052002 |
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